<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001683168-18-002219.txt : 20180808
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001683168-18-002219
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180806
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180808
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180808

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			West Allen
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001591267

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15057
		FILM NUMBER:		181002946

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5016888885

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		POST OFFICE BOX 188
		CITY:			TONTITOWN
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72770

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PAM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000798287
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213]
		IRS NUMBER:				710633135
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		297 WEST HENRI DE TONTI BLVD
		CITY:			TONTITOWN
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72770
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4793619111

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		297 WEST HENRI DE TONTI BLVD
		CITY:			TONTITOWN
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72770
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        <footnote id="F1">This option vested in five equal annual installments beginning on November 30, 2011.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Courtney C. Crouch, III, as Attorney-in-fact for Allen West</signatureName>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Exhibit 24</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Know all by these presents, that
the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Lance Stewart, Courtney C. Crouch, III, and D. Nicole Lovell, signing
singly, as the undersigned&rsquo;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.45in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">prepare,
                                         execute in the undersigned&rsquo;s name and on the undersigned&rsquo;s behalf, and submit
                                         to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) a Form
                                         ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to
                                         obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the
                                         SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
                                         or any rule or regulation of the SEC; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.45in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">execute
                                         for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&rsquo;s capacity as a director
                                         or officer of P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), Forms
                                         3, 4, and 5 (including amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
                                         Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder, and any other forms on reports
                                         the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned&rsquo;s ownership,
                                         acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.45in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(3)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">do
                                         and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary
                                         or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 (including amendments thereto),
                                         or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the SEC and any stock
                                         exchange or similar authority; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.45in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(4)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">take
                                         any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the
                                         opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
                                         required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
                                         attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall
                                         be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
                                         may approve in such attorney-in-fact&rsquo;s discretion.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The undersigned hereby grants
to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&rsquo;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue of the power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&rsquo;s
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">This Power of Attorney shall remain
in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, or 5 with respect to the undersigned&rsquo;s
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 21st day of May, 2018.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
    Allen West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Signature</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Allen
    West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Printed
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